Nice interview by Raoul Bellanova to Sportweekthe weekly magazine of Gazzetta dello Sport. Many memories and many anecdotes in his story, also relating to his period with the Nerazzurri last season.
From the ages of 6 to 19 you play in Milan’s youth team, but you are an Inter fan. Quite atypical: why?
“I have been an Inter fan since I was little because everyone in my family has always been an Inter fan.”
The experience in the multi-ethnic French society helps you to reflect with different tools on the scourge of racism in Italy: how are we doing in Serie A?
“We’re in bad shape, we have to grow.”
Atalanta with Gasperini, at Pescara you find Oddo, in Cagliari you explode with Mazzarri…
“And I’m taking revenge after so many sacrifices. I will always carry Cagliari in my heart, here I started to savor my dream. Cagliari gave me a boost, allowing me, the following year, to go to Inter, my favorite team” .
And the 20 minutes of the Champions League final against City arrive for the Nerazzurri.
“They will always remain within me. Today I work to try to return to those stages.”
In July you said: “I preferred Taurus because I want to feel like a protagonist”. How’s things going in the grenade?
“The outcome is very positive, it’s a choice I would make again a hundred thousand times. I feel much more like a protagonist. Six assists and a goal aren’t bad…”.
